The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is pleased to announce that the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund 2024 grant applications are now open. Women’s Health Fund (WHF) grants are offered to nonprofit organizations throughout Southeast Kansas in support of the WHF mission to improve the health and well-being of women by supporting education, … Continue reading →
Note: This is an excerpt from Cherona Bicknell’s feature story about Fostering Connections written for the July 2024 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Thank you, Cherona, for helping us all learn more about this outstanding resource! Fostering Connections was founded by Lacy Nickelson and her husband Tom in 2017. After … Continue reading →
Note: This is an excerpt from Lyn Schultze’s feature story about the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas‘ Inspire Health Foundation written for the April 2024 issue of Circle Conversations, the newsletter of the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund. Thank you, Lyn, for helping us all learn more about this inspiring new resource! In March, forty-three young women … Continue reading →
The Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund (WHF) has awarded $52,511.43 in grants to support women’s health initiatives in Southeast Kansas in 2023. Grant recipients are selected by two Giving Circles and are committed to furthering WHF’s mission of improving the health and well-being of women.
Update: Applications for the Rita J. Bicknell Women’s Health Fund grant cycle were due September 30, 2023, and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Women’s Health Fund (WHF) giving circles, the Women’s Giving Circle (WGC), and the Circle of Friends Giving Circle (COF), are pleased to make available their annual competitive grant opportunity to … Continue reading →